Political Quotes

“General Clark, again, is a Rhodes scholar, a brilliant officer, but I do not agree with him about his perception of the Congress of the United States. I believe the next President, whoever that may be--Albert Gore or George W. Bush--will be able to assess this situation, come to the Congress, make the case, and the Congress will act responsibly. That can be done in an accelerated fashion. It does not have to wait until next July. Indeed, we tried in the amendment to give more time. So I close by saying to all those who want to join behind General Clark, I feel very strongly that that is a pretty severe indictment of the chain of events that are to be carefully undertaken, first, by President Clinton; second, by the next President of the United States, and then by the Congress. We must remember that we are a coequal branch. We repeat that and repeat that, but in Europe their parliamentary forms of government are quite different than ours. There is not the coequal stature with the constitution in place, with regard to their various forms of legislature, or general assemblies, whatever the case may be. They are quite different and they have to be respectful of how this situation works. I come back to Senator Byrd's statement, which is a brilliant statement, recounting World War I, World War II, and all the participation that this great Nation has given in this century towards peace and stability in Europe. Are they now to turn their back on that history? I say no.”